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Groundbreaking in Turkmenistan for major synthetic gasoline plant; first full-scale Haldor Topsøe TIGAS facility

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In August, a groundbreaking ceremony was held in Ovadan-Depe near the capital of Ashgabad in Turkmenistan to launch the construction of a major plant focused on the conversion of natural gas into synthetic gasoline. —Bjerne S. Clausen, Chief Executive Officer and President at Haldor Topsøe A/S.

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GECF: more than a quarter of 2050 natural gas supply untapped

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Senturin made his remarks during the 25 th Oil & Gas of Turkmenistan Conference. As a holder of the fourth-largest volume of gas reserves worldwide, Turkmenistan has been unlocking the potential of natural gas, leading to an 11.5% —Secretary General Sentyurin. It is headquartered in Doha, Qatar.

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NASA’s New Earth Space Mission maps methane ‘super-emitters’

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The cube (left) shows methane plumes (purple, orange, yellow) over Turkmenistan. In Turkmenistan, EMIT identified 12 plumes from oil and gas infrastructure east of the Caspian Sea port city of Hazar. East of Hazar, Turkmenistan, a port city on the Caspian Sea, 12 plumes of methane stream westward.

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Nacero selects Topsoe’s TIGAS technology for gas-to-gasoline unit; reducing lifecycle carbon footprint up to 50%

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Nacero’s Penwell facility will create a market for natural gas that is currently vented or flared and is expected to double the US market for captured bio-methane. The fact that TIGAS has been operating at identical unit scale in Turkmenistan for nearly two years was a major factor in Nacero’s decision.

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HIF Global partners with Topsoe for eFuels facility in Texas; carbon-neutral gasoline

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The gasoline synthesis from methanol has been commercially proven in a 15000-bpd plant in Turkmenistan since 2019. We are excited to showcase our capabilities in this field and apply the Topsoe methanol and TIGAS technology for eFuels. —Roeland Baan, CEO at Topsoe. The HIF eFuels plant will be built in Matagorda County in Texas.

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ADB approves $240M to help Kazakhstan modernize transport, improve connectivity

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Improved transport connectivity will help increase trade links between Kazakhstan and the markets in East Asia, the Caspian Sea region, and further to Europe. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $240.3-million million loan to help Kazakhstan modernize its transport system.

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Aurus Senat limo that Putin gifted to Kim uses South Korean parts, data shows

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Toyota is one of many foreign carmakers to exit the Russian market since the invasion, which Russia calls a “special military operation” The exodus has left a gap that Chinese producers have been quick to fill, rapidly seizing more than half the market share and exposing Russia’s limited domestic production capacity.

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